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In reply to the discussion: Armed Hate Crime Victim Decides Not to Shoot Attacker [View all]ellisonz
(27,711 posts)21. I think we're approaching reading tea leaves
"I don't know. I just couldn't do it," Mohammed said, recovering at his Tampa home two days after the attack. "I couldn't blow this guy away for something he could change later in life. I'm not going to decide this man's fate."
In the Walmart surveillance footage, as the assailant sweeps from behind and levels his gun, Mohammed's girlfriend disappears behind a column, safe from fire.
After taking two pellets to his head and neck, Mohammed stands and watches the man flee, then notices a bystander who could have been hit if Mohammed had taken a shot. His hand is on his gun. But it stays in the holster.
After taking two pellets to his head and neck, Mohammed stands and watches the man flee, then notices a bystander who could have been hit if Mohammed had taken a shot. His hand is on his gun. But it stays in the holster.
As to the rest of your argument, now we're really reading tea leaves and I could post statistics on domestic violence and guns but I think you're already familiar with that facet of the "escalation" factor.
Bottom-line: the statistics bear it out - less guns means less gun violence.
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Zimmerman has been lying through his teeth, he even lied at his bail hearing
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#31
then there is something really fucked up with the rules isn't it ? when the guy is wrong for not
JI7
Jan 2013
#5
Apparently why a lot of private citizen gun owners train too, and shoot people when not necessary.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#36
You could ask that nice Mr. Bloomberg for money to fund such a study.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#25
Of course I am- Bloomie's worth 25 billion dollars-he can well afford to...
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#42
From the story, he did not lose his nerve, he correctly assessed the situation
sabrina 1
Jan 2013
#34
Rule Number 1 in self defense with a gun, if you have to use it shoot to kill
stultusporcos
Jan 2013
#30